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By: Strober, Gerald & Deborah Hart Strober
Price: $14.50
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1998
Stock No.: 73105
ISBN: 0395771935
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Authors' unique perspective on Ronald Reagan's presidency involves interviews with over a hundred key players and their direct quotes regarding moments along the way. First Edition/First Printing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 622 pages View more info
Price: $14.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1949]
Stock No.: 83451
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
The life the great Italian painter, sculptor, architect and writer is presented in this Modern Library hardcover reprint edition. With eye-catching color illustration on jacket cover by E. McKnight Kauffer. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h , verso advertises 344 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1949 (no publication date appears in book). ML #49.2. --- With 4 small, shallow dents to front cover edges, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with a few ... View more info
By: TANENHAUS, Sam
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Random House Inc: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 60363
ISBN: 0394585593
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stated First Edition, with typical Random House first edition number line to copyright page. A wide-ranging biography of the former Communist turned star witness against the alleged Communist spy and high US Government official Alger Hiss. With black & white photos of Chambers at chapter heads. Indexed. --- In light brown and black paper-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with UPI/Corbis-Bettman b&w photo of Mr. Chambers. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with remainder mark to textblock top edge. Unclipped jacket with scratches and some rubbing to spine, otherwise ... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Ankeny, Iowa, Soil Conservation Society of America: 1987
Stock No.: 82251
ISBN: 0935734139
Condition: Very Good
A collection of essays honoring the life and legacy of Aldo Leopold, author of "A Sand County Almanac". Mr. Leopold was active in the fields of wildlife and wilderness preservation. --- A softcover in brown wraps, with photo of Leopold to cover. --- With some sunning to cover, else a clean, bright, unmarked copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xv, 175 pages View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1952
Stock No.: 72884
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
A one-volume look at Sir Winston's life in a good copy. Book club edition, in full blue cloth covers. Interior clean & bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has 2 in. tear at head of spine; has other chips and tears but is intact and in removable mylar protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
By: TENZING, Tashi; TENZING, Judy
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Camden, Maine, Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill: 2001
Stock No.: 77326
ISBN: 007141309X
Condition: Fine with no dust jacket
First Printing in this American trade paperback edition. An account of the life of and accomplishments of Tenzing Norgay, and a biography of the sherpas of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. With forewords by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Dalai Lama. With numerous maps and photos. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Tashi Tenzing is the grandson of Tenzing Norgay who was assisted by his wife Judy in the writing of this book. --- A bright, clean, firm copy lacking damages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiii, 320 pages View more info
By: THODE, Jackson C. (text); BEAM, George L. (photography)
Price: $50.50
Publisher: Denver, Colorado, Sundance Publications, Ltd.: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 83536
ISBN: 0913582425
Condition: Fine
A signed, limited edition of this collection of the work of company photographer George L. Beam, who was employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in the early part of the 20th century. Though he traveled and captured views along the railroad's routes, he worked largely in anonymity, and seldom received credit for his outstanding work. This collection with dozens of black & white examples of his output. Mr. Beam's photos are accompanied by the text of the author, Jackson C. Thode. --- A stated first printing, July, 1986. Number 854 in an unspecified number of copies issued in this s... View more info
By: THOMPSON, Hunter S.; BRINKLEY, Douglas (editor)
Price: $32.00
Publisher: New York, Villard Books: 1997
Stock No.: 83269
ISBN: 0679406956
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A stated first edition of this collection of the correspondence of Hunter S. Thompson between 1955 and 1967. Thompson was on a never-ending quest to combat what he saw as the banality of everyday American life, and he shared his observations in his copious letters to friends of all sorts. The letters are organized by year, with black & white photos at the beginning of each year's letter offerings. With a foreword by William J. Kennedy. Edited by Douglas Brinkley, who has supplied a prefatory note, as has Mr. Thompson. --- In grey and black paper-covered boards with titling and author initials ... View more info
By: THOMPSON, Oscar
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Dover Publications Inc.: 1967
Stock No.: 82603
ISBN: 0486217833
Condition: Very Good
A biography of the great French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). In this work, the life of Debussy is described as he is influenced by the likes of Wagner, Tchaikovsky, R. Strauss and others. A goodly portion of this work is devoted to analysis of Debussy's music. With a couple of black & white photos (including frontis photographic portrait of Debussy). --- In stiff wraps with detail from the frontis portrait to cover. With light sunning to spine & a little discoloration to textblock edges, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xi, 393 pages View more info
By: TIGHE, Ronald
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Denver, Golden Bell Press: 1979
Stock No.: 77394
ISBN: 0873150724
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Former newsman's account of his quest to ride on horseback, alone, along the Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada. The journey ended up taking three summers to complete. With 4 b&w photos near the front of the volume. --- Trade paperback in white wraps. A clean, firm, unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Anchor Books/Doubleday: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78894
ISBN: 0385486413
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
First printing. The author follows climber Dan Osman and friends as they attempt seemingly impossible climbs. --- In black & blue paper-covered boards. Jacket with Eric Perlman color photo. --- A clean, bright copy in similar jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages View more info
By: TWAIN, Mark
Price: $31.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: [c.1930s-40s]
Stock No.: 80352
Condition: Good+ in Poor dust jacket
An illustrated reprint edition of Mark Twain's 1883 work, which has been described as "part travel book, part autobiography and part social commentary". In publisher's "Holiday Edition", with color frontis and 8 black and white illustrations by Walter Stewart. --- In black cloth-covered boards, Stewart's color frontis illustration pasted to cover (and repeated on jacket), with gilt-stamped spine titling. Likely published c.1930s-40s, though 1917 date appears in book. Jacket bears original $2.50 flap price. --- With a small hole to cloth at mid-spine and loss of spine gilding; p... View more info
By: TWAIN, Mark (CLEMONS, Samuel)
Price: $460.00
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. USA, The American Publishing Company: 1897
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81715
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
First edition of the account by Mark Twain (1835-1910) of his world travels, written while on lecture tour for purposes of debt reduction. This work represents the fifth and final travel book by Clemons, and focuses on experiences and sights encountered in India, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa. Includes frontis photo of Twain, as well as many, many additional black & white drawings, sketches and photos scattered throughout the volume. --- Meets points for first edition: single Hartford publisher reference on title page, signature number 11 to p.161. --- In f... View more info
By: VESTAL, Stanley
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press: 1971
Stock No.: 74282
ISBN: 0803257201
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Third softcover printing of work which was first written in 1946. In a clean copy but with prev. owner's inked name on title page. Textblock firm, covers rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages View more info
By: VITALE, Serena
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux: 1999
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 82117
ISBN: 0374239355
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Stated first English-language edition. An examination of the last four months of the life of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). Pushkin was killed in a duel with his brother-in-law, a result of a complicated series of events and interrelationships. This edition rendered into English from the Italian by Ann Goldstein and Jon Rothschild. --- In charcoal paper-covered boards backed in red cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on spine. Dust jacket features details from Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin's painting: "Princess Baryatinskaya's Ball". --- A bright, intact and tightl... View more info
Price: $35.50
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1970
Stock No.: 82781
Condition: Near Fine
A deluxe reprint edition in slipcase of the author's autobiography. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the most prominent African-Americans during the span of his life. This work was first published in serial form in 1900. With color illustrations by Denver Gillen and an introduction by Booker T. Washington III. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with color Gillen illustration pasted to front cover, titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine. Slipcase covered in brown paper. Sandglass flyer laid in (Del Mar, no. VIII:35). --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste... View more info
By: Weaver, William; Puccini, Simonetta
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, W W Norton & Co Inc: 1994
Stock No.: 73197
ISBN: 0393029301
Condition: Good in Good+ dust jacket
Compendium of articles about the great opera composer, Giacomo Puccini. Edited by William Weaver, with essay by Puccini's granddaughter, Simonetta Puccini. With many photos. Second printing. Volume has been exposed to dampness; upper parts of pages slightly rippled. With inked presentation remarks, front free endpaper; otherwise interior clean and bright. Dust jacket rippled but otherwise undamaged; bears orig. $30 flap price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 73100
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
The Webster theatre family is profiled here by famed actress-director (and family member) in nice copy. In full green cloth on board covers w/gilt & maroon decorations and lettering. Interior clean and unmarked. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket w/priceclipped flap & lightly chafed at edges, otherwise in good shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages View more info
By: WELTY, Eudora
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Book-of-the-Month Club: 2002
Stock No.: 73092
ISBN: 0965369293
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Clean, bright, crisp copy; both volume and dust jacket. ; The William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in the History of American Civilization; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages View more info
By: WEST, Anthony
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78830
ISBN: 0394531965
Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket
The son of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West presents a biography of his father. With a section of b&w photos. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Jacket features portrait of H. G. Wells on cover. --- Volume has been exposed to moisture, causing black bleed-off to jacket and textblock; covers are slightly splayed but otherwise this book is in good shape. Dust jacket with rubbing and tears along edges; is bright and intact and in removable mylar protector. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 405 pages View more info
By: WHITE, E. B.; GUTH, Dorothy Lobrano (editor)
Price: $13.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row, Publishers: 1976
Stock No.: 83372
ISBN: 006014601X
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
A full-sized book club edition of this hefty collection of letters by E. B. White (1899-1985) which serves well as his autobiography. Letters collected and edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth. Includes two sections of black & white plates depicting people and places in the author's life. E. B. White was a prolific essayist and novelist whose works appeared in magazines and in several books, including works for children, such as the famous "Charlotte's Web". --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover & spine titling, brown endpapers. Simple dust jacket features Jill Kremen... View more info
By: WHITNEY, Janet
Price: $16.00
Publisher: London, Geroge G. Harrap and Company Ltd.: 1949
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 60498
Condition: Very Good- in Poor dust jacket
First edition. A biography of Abigail Adams, the wife of American founder and President John Adams and mother of later President John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Adams is described on the jacket as America's "first emancipated woman". Abigail Adams was a keen writer of letters, many of which were used by the author to craft this work. With black & white Benjamin Blythe drawn frontis portrait of Abigail Adams; as well as six additional black & white plates bearing images of scenes from her life. With maps of Boston and Massachusetts Bay colony in 1775 to front endpapers. --- In full orange buckr... View more info
By: Willard, Samuel
Price: $19.00
Publisher: H.G. Campbell Pub. Co: 1903
Stock No.: 71437
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
No DJ. Very rarely seen copy of biography of 2nd US President. In brick red full cloth covers; with scuffed edges espec at head & tail of spine. Interior is yellowed, with possible publisher's sticker over upper 1/4 of front pastedown [obscuring something]. Previous retailer's indelible price front endpaper; interior clean and tight, with slight beginnings of separation at rear of vol. ; Great Americans of history; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages View more info
By: Wilson, Derek
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2002
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Stock No.: 71954
ISBN: 0312286961
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
In-depth look at six men who surrounded Henry VIII and their part in the story of this sometimes unbelievable monarch. In top shape, w/prev owner's gold embossed sticker front free endpaper. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 576 pages View more info
Price: $15.95
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1998
Stock No.: 71875
ISBN: 067940788x
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Nice copy of author's work, which narrows itself to the years 1831-1842. In full maroon & black paperboard covers. Stated 1st ed but no price on DJ flap. DJ has mock scratches on front, as published. Clean and bright, unmarked. Dust wrapper in removable mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages View more info
Price: $36.00
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82594
ISBN: 0691029717
Condition: Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket
A first printing of this hefty, comprehensive biography of the great Russian classical composer, Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Per the jacket flap, the author drew from information not ". . .previously published in English, personal accounts and interviews. . .[providing] a fascinating perspective on the social and political history of Soviet Russia." With two sections of black & white plates bearing images of scenes and people in Shostakovich's life. Indexed. --- In black cloth-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Jacket with color color Alisa Poret painted portrait of ... View more info
By: WISENTHAL, J. L. (editor); SHAW, Bernard
Price: $36.50
Publisher: [Toronto], University of Toronto Press: [1980]
Stock No.: 78971
ISBN: 0802054544
Condition: As New in As New dust jacket
A comparison of the works by the two great modern playwrights, edited by the co-author of "What Shaw Really Wrote about the War". Includes an introductory essay by J. L. Wisenthal. This volume is sealed in an unopened shrink wrapper, thus bibliographical data is not readily determined. Appears to be a clean, fresh, undamaged copy in bright red cloth covers. Jacket with b&w composite portrait of Shaw and Isben. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; [268] pages View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78739
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Stated First Edition (Thus). General Wistar was an attorney, served in the Civil War, was a railroad executive and founded the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, but is perhaps best known for his role in the development of California and the Far West. Per Howes, W598: "Largely devoted to the opening development of the far West from 1849 to 1860, in which Wistar played a conspiciuous part before achieving fame and fortune in Pennsylvania." --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Includes several photos, a few drawings, and a sizeable fold-out... View more info
By: WOODFORDE, James; HUGHES, David (selected & edited by)
Price: $36.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1992
Stock No.: 77165
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
First Folio Society edition. A beautifully produced copy of the parson's diary, which he kept from 1759 through 1802 and which provides a good idea of English life in this period. Entries selected, and with an introduction, by David Hughes. With engraved illustrations throughout by Ian Stephens. Includes a section of brief biographies at rear of volume. --- Bound in quarter navy cloth, with marbled paper-covered boards. Titling gilt-stamped on red spine blocks. Publisher's red topstain and red endpapers. Volume housed in grey paper-covered slipcase. --- With soiling to navy cloth and previous ... View more info
By: YOUNG, G. F.
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [1950]
Stock No.: 76625
Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket
A profile of the House of Medici who wielded great power in Florence and Tuscany, starting in the 14th century. With preface by the author. Jacket features striking illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. --- Toledano spine 8, w/blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks, faded black topstain, grey Kent endpapers. Volume bears 1930 date but likely published c.1950. Jacket style h, verso advertises 347 titles in ML catalog. ML #179.1. --- With previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and w/his signature on front free endpaper, mildly bumped lower cover corn... View more info
By: ZHONGREN, Liu
Price: $10.00
Publisher: San Francisco, China Books & Periodicals Inc.: 1987
Stock No.: 74235
ISBN: 0835113701
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
In decent shape, though volume has some lean; and with spine creasing. Inked names at front free endpaper. Chinese newspaperman offers his candid insights after spending two years in the US as a reporter. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 205 pages View more info
